#Continuum issues and Time -the sequel

Once Alec and Kiera learn to trust each other, and Alec tells her to stop talking to the air and pretend to use her phone when they communicate with each other when around other people, she just grabs her phone, yet it never rings. But when she does use it as a proper phone, it rings. Why Carlos or no one else realizes this is beyond me. A good investigator would notice this.

I’m confident that logically, Kiera and none of the others can ever return to 2077. To do so would create a paradox. This Kiera will never know if she changed her personal timeline and will need to trust the future version of herself (which based on actress Rachel Nichols real-life age during production in 2012, Kiera will be born in 2045) that everything will unwind as it should –again, basing it on a Causality loop and the many-worlds theory, she will be live in an alternate 2077. Some events will happen, but they will unwind differently –she could still be a Protector, but not married. Or she could be married and still have her son (or not).  But to allow her to return to 2077 is, beyond being a paradox, a cheat from the creators who want a happy ending. It may disappoint the audience, but it makes logical sense (as logical as it can be when dealing with the magic that is time travel). 

The episode “The Politics of Time” was, perhaps, the weakest episode of the ten; a complete misfire dealing with Carlos being accused of murder. This is where I feel the show depends too much on the old Coincidence and Convenience factor, which interferes with the arc. As matter of fact, the Liber8 arc gets shelved (until the ending) as the episode is a pure procedural whodunit that makes it obvious who the killer in nearly from the start. The problem is it makes little sense. Carlos lies to Kiera and his boss, along with other colleagues. Yet by the end, all is forgiven; no mention of a suspension (which should have happened), no word about a warning in his permanent personal file. Just reinforces the notion that cops are above the law.

I’m still confused on the purpose of Matthew Kellog. His story arc, while somewhat clear, adds nothing to the main arc and at times proved confusing. Yes, he serves a purpose for Kiera, but that’s more of the Coincidence and Convenience I keep harping on about. 

I’m curious if originally the character of Betty Robertson –played by Jennifer Spence- was to be antagonistic to Kiera because Carlos trusts her too quickly, making Betty the old cliché that she loves Carlos, who only sees her as a co-worker. In early episodes, Betty seemed very leery of Kiera, but as the season progressed, it seemed to have been dropped.